Fanfare Ciocarlia and Adrian Raso first found one another in 2013 at the Metal Works Studio in Toronto/Canada, where they proceeded to produce an album over a series of nighttime recording sessions. Since its spring 2014 release the album “Devil’s Tale” has been an international sensation.

The globetrotting, 12-necked, brass-band hydra from Romania has already turned the planet on its head with breathtaking collaborations: legendary shows like “The Gypsy Queens & Kings” and the “Balkan Brass Battle”are just two examples. Together with their new touring companion, the Canadian guitar and banjo virtuoso Adrian Raso, a different story is now being told, and fêted with consistent and consistently erratic style!

Adrian Raso’s background in Western music and Fanfare Ciocarlia's unmistakable Balkan sound fuse into hearty Rock’n’Roll, persistent swamp grooves and nostalgic 30s swing, very much in the spirit of Django Reinhardt. A wild ride from New Orleans, over the Atlantic and onto Paris, and then, untiringly, deep into the Balkans, through the derelict streets of Detroit and back to urbane Toronto.